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Weekly business news quiz: October 21-25, 2013
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/10/2013
» Check if you understand the issues and vocabulary in this week's most important business news stories.
Tokyo train wedding: One lucky couple
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/06/2013
» Wedding on busy commuter train as it speeds around Tokyo delivering commuters awaits one lucky couple. Exclusive use of 11-car train with capacity of 1000 plus.
Songkran road accidents: Mostly motorcycles
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2013
» 321 dead, 3,040 injured, 78.11% motorcycles, 21% no helmet, alcohol 39.11%, speeding 23.59%, 232,600 no helmet violations.
Songkhla: Reliving King Chulalongkorn's 1905 trip
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2013
» Old photos bring you to an imaginary city of Songkhla's past & help you appreciate what remains of this past.
Koh Samui tourism boom
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/03/2013
» New planes for Bangkok Airways means 189,000 more airline seats. Massive shopping mall at Chaweng will change face of Koh Samui.
Mars space mission
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/03/2013
» US multimillionaire plans to send spaceship to Mars & back by 2018. Mission will take 501 days & cost $1 to $2 billion dollars.
2010 protests: 10 years jail for ex-cop with grenades
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/01/2013
» Ex-policeman carrying sixty-two rounds of M79 grenades ready to explode on his motorcycle during UDD rally gets 10 years in jail.
UN gains Rohingya access
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/01/2013
» Thailand will allow the UN's refugee agency to visit nearly 850 Rohingya migrants detained after raids on hidden camps in the South.
Lost in Thailand: Biggest money maker in China
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/01/2013
» New Chinese movie about a crazy trip to Thailand sets new money making record ($160 million) even more than Titanic.
Child labour in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/12/2012
» US human trafficking laws might make Thai exports to the US more difficult, if action is not taken soon.